Five observations as we head into Tuesday night's games.

1. I'm struggling for the right word to describe Stephen Jackson's three-year, $28 million extension with Golden State. Moron-y? Moron-ical? Moron-icious? What we can safely say is that no reasonably sane NBA executive would have signed off on this deal, which pays the Warriors' starting small forward through the 2012-13 season, when he'll be 35.